Mattress frame or support.



No. 790,799. PATENTBD MAY 23, 1905. A. MARDIS.

MATTRESS FRAME 0R SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED 001. 17,1903.

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ATENT Darren.

AMOS M ARDIS, OF SYLVIA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND GEORGE W. MARDIS, OF SYLVIA, KANSAS.

MATTRESS FRAME OR SUPPORT- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,799, dated May 23, 1905.

Application filed October 17, 1903. Serial No. 177.415.

To (til 11/71/0711 it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Aims MAnDIs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sylvia, in the county of Reno and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Mattress Frame or Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to wire-spring inattresses for beds; and its object is to provide a new and improved mattress frame or support for convenient attachment to an iron or wooden bedstead and arranged to allow taking up all slack in the mattress to give the desired tension to the wires.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the inventionis represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corre- Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross-section of part of the same as applied.

The iron bedstead illustrated in Fig. 1 and on which the improvement is shown applied consists of the usual head bedposts A, the foot bedposts A, the L-shaped side rails B and B, and the cross-rails G. On the inner side of the said rails B B and near the bedposts'A A are fitted to slide lengthwise blocks D, each having on its outer side a lon' gitudinal slot D, (see Fig. 2,) fitting the hori- Zontal member of the L-shaped side rail B or B, as plainly indicated in Fig. 4, the depth of the slot corresponding to about the width of the said horizontal member to bring the outer face or side of the block snugly against the inner face of the vertical member of the side rail B or. B. in place on the siderail B or B by aset-screw E, screwing in the bottom of theblock against the under side of the horizontal member of .the side rail B or B. From the outer end of each block D extends lengthwise a screw-rod F, fitting against the corresponding bedpost A or A and the cross-rail C or C at the junction of such cross-rail with the bedpost, and the nut, F of each screw-rod F is adapted to abut against the outer face of the bed post A or A, so that when the nut is screwed up at the time the set-screw E is loosened then the block I) is caused to slide along the side rail to give the desired tension to the wires of the mattress. Each block D is provided on its outer end with a raised lug D formed with a slot D at the inner face for the reception of one end of a cross-piece G, preferably in the form of a rod or bar, adapted to'receive and hold the ends of the wires H employed for forming the wire mattress. (See Figs. 2, 3, and 4.) The slot D leads from the top of the lug D in a downward direction, so that the rod G can be conveniently inserted in the said slots, and when the rods are in position and the corresponding head and foot blocks D are thus connected with each other then the desired tension is given to the spring-wire mattress by adjusting the nuts F on the screwrods F, as above explained.

By the arrangement described each block D is singly adjusted, so as to allow of giving an even and uniform tension to the wire mattress, to stretch the same evenly throughout its entire surface.

In order to extend the mattress over the side rails B and B, each lug D of a block is provided on its outer face with a pin or button I for receiving the end of a corresponding wire. H, serving to form an extension of the mattress above each side rail B and B.

For wooden bedsteads the mattress frame or support is arranged as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 that is, the screw-rods F, slots D, and set-sciewsE are dispensed with, and the blocks on a side rail are connected with each other by a longitudinal rod J, made insections, having a turnbuckle J to adjust the blocks Each block D is fastened D on a side rail lengthwise to take up the slack in the wires of the mattress.

As illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, each wire H of the mattress has its end terminating in a coil-spring H, the outer end of which terminates in an eye H, through which extends the corresponding cross-piece G to fasten the mattress in position on the frame or support.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. A wire-mattress frame having pairs of corner-blocks, each block having a longitudinal slot in its outer side for engagement with the horizontal L-shaped side rail of the bedstead and an upwardly-projecting lug with a recess-opening on its inner face, said recess extending into the lug a part of the width of the lug and opening on the topside thereof, said recess being thereby formed with a closed inner end and being in a plane above the main portion of the block, a connectingoar for each pair of blocks to which bars the ends of the mattress-supporting wires are secured, the ends of said bars being received into said recesses from their top sides, and serving to hold the blocks spaced from each other, retainers on the outer sides of said lugs in alinement with said connecting-bars, said retainers overhanging the top sides of the bed-rails and extending out laterally for the reception of the ends of extra outside mattress-wires, and a screw-rod extending lengthwise from each block and having a nut abutting against the corresponding bedpost of the bedstead.

2. A mattress frame or support comprising a pair of connected blocks for each end of the bedstead, each block having a longitudinal slot in its outer side, for engagement with the horizontal member of the L-shaped side rail of the bedstead, each pair of blocks also having opposing recesses at their inner sides, connecting-pieces connecting the blocks of a pair with each other, the ends of said connectingpieces being received into said recesses, and a screw-rod extending lengthwise from the end of each block and having its nut abutting against the corresponding bedpost of the bedstead. 7

3. A mattress frame or support comprising apair of connected blocks for each end of the bedstead, each blocl; having a longitudinal slot in its outer lower side for engagement with the horizontal member of the L-shaped side rail of the bedstead, said slot being of a depth to receive the entire width of said member, to bring the inner face of the vertical member of the side rail into engagement with the outer face of the block, each pair of blocks also having opposing recesses at their inner upper sides, connecting-pieces connecting the blocks of a pair with each other, the ends of said connecting-pieces being received into said recesses, a screw-rod extending lengthwise from the end of each block and having its nut abutting against the corresponding bedpost of the bedstead, and a set-screw for fastening the blocks to the side rails of the bedstead after the desired adjustment is made by the screw-rods.

4. A mattress frame or support, comprising a pair of connected blocks for each end of the bedstead, each block having a lengthwise slot in its outer side, for engagement with the horizontal member of the L-shaped side rail of the bedstead, and a screw-rod extending lengthwise from the end of each block and having its nut abutting against the corresponding bedpost and cross-bar of the bedstead at the junction of said post and bar, the outer side of the bedpost at said point of junction being flat and flush with the outer side of the cross-bar to form a seat for said nut.

5. The combination with a bed, of a mat.- tress frame or support comprising a pair of connected blocks for each end of the bedstead, a screw-rod extending lengthwise from the end of each block, said rod resting against the inner side of the adjacent bedpost and the top side of the cross-bar of the bedstead in the angle formed by the junction of said postand cross-bar, and a nut on the outer end of said screw-rod abutting against the bedpost.

6. The combination with a bed having corner-posts, side rails and end bars, the posts being flat on their inner sides and on their sides at the ends of the bed at the point where the end bars engage said posts, the end bars having their upper sides fiat and their outer sides also flat and lying flush with the faces of said posts at the ends of the bed, of a pair of blocks for each end of the bedstead, mounted to slide longitudinally on the side rails of the bedstead, cross-pieces connecting the blocks of each pair with each other, and adapted to receive the ends of the wire-mattress support, and means for adjusting the blocks lengthwise on the side rails of the bedstead, said means consisting of screw-rods extending lengthwise from the blocks into engagement with the inner sides of the bedposts and the upper sides of the end bars in the angles formed at the junction of said posts and bars, and nuts on the outer ends of the screw-rods abutting against the flat flush faces of said posts and cross-bars at the ends of the bed.

In testimony whereofl have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AMOS MARDIS. Witnesses:

O. G. HINsHAw, FRANK F ORNEY. 

